1/48 Tamiya Dewoitine D.520

Gallery Article by Randy Lutz on Nov 11 2003

Armistice Day...Remembrance Day...Veterans Day

 

This model represents an aircraft flown by:  Lieutenant Pierre Le Borgne, Groupe de chasse II/7, 4ieme Escadrille while based at Alger, Algeria in June 1940.  The information for this model was provided by Pierre Le Borgne and details of its operational use were obtained from his flight log book. 

 

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The model represents the airframe which Le Borgne picked up at the factory and flew to Algeria the following day.  The weathering has been kept to the absolute minimum as the model depicts the aircraft as it was, after less than two weeks in service.

Enjoy the photos.

Randy Lutz

      

Photos and text © by Randy Lutz